Big River

	 
[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Now I taught the weeping willow how
 to cry, 
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, 
                                    
And I showed the clouds how to cover
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 up a clear blue sky. 
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. 
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And the tears that I cried for that
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 woman are gonna flood you Big
 River. 
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River. 
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Then I'm gonna sit right here until I
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 die
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die
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I met her accidentally in St. Paul
 (Minnesota). 
I met her accidentally in St. Paul (Minnesota). 
                                    
And it tore me up every time I heard
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 her drawl, Southern drawl. 
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl. 
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Then I heard my dream was back
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 Downstream cavortin' in
 Davenport, 
Then I heard my dream was back Downstream cavortin' in Davenport, 
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And I followed you, Big River, when
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 you called.
And I followed you, Big River, when you called.
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Then you took me to St. Louis later
 on (down the river).              
                               
Then you took me to St. Louis later on (down the river).                                             
                                    
A freighter said she's been here but
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 she's gone, boy, she's gone. 
A freighter said she's been here but she's gone, boy, she's gone. 
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I found her trail in Memphis, but she
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 just walked up the block. 
I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the block. 
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She raised a few eyebrows and then
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 she went on down alone.
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone.
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Now, won't you batter down by Baton
 Rouge, River Queen, roll it on. 
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on. 
                             
Take that woman on down to New
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 Orleans, New Orleans. 
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans. 
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Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues
 down in the gulf. 
Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the gulf. 
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She loves you, Big River, more than
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 me.
She loves you, Big River, more than me.
[Verse]
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Now I taught the weeping willow how
 to cry, 
Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry, 
                                    
And I showed the clouds how to cover
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 up a clear blue sky. 
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky. 
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And the tears that I cried for that
                 A 
 woman are gonna flood you Big
 River. 
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River. 
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Then I'm gonna sit right here until I
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 die
Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die